25.01.2025 15:41 Miho Takagi won her 34th speed skating World Cup individual gold medal Friday, tying Hiroyasu Shimizu and Nao Kodaira for the most by a Japanese in distances contested at Winter Olympics.
The 30-year-old won the women's 1,000 meters at Calgary's Olympic Oval in the season's third meet, as the Beijing Olympics 1,000 gold medalist clocked 1 minute, 13.10 seconds.
Read full story here25.01.2025 15:44 No. 14 maegashira Kinbozan moved a win away from his maiden Emperor's Cup on Saturday by overcoming title rival Kirishima and maintain the sole lead heading into the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament's final day.
Yokozuna promotion-chasing ozeki Hoshoryu and No. 3 maegashira Oho each improved to 11-3 to stay a win back as the penultimate round of the 15-day meet generated plenty of heat on the raised ring at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan arena.
Read full story here25.01.2025 15:48 The State Department ordered a sweeping freeze Friday on new funding for almost all U.S. foreign assistance, making exceptions for emergency food programs and military aid to Israel and Egypt.25.01.2025 16:39 Madison Keys wins her first Grand Slam by ending Aryna Sabalenka's hopes of a third straight Australian Open title.25.01.2025 16:50 Women in Gaza tell their stories of loss and grief as they plan what to do when they return home.25.01.2025 17:35 Attacks on hospitals rampant in besieged el-Fasher, where army-aligned militias are pushing back RSF fighters. 25.01.2025 18:00 Today on The Stream: We examine the global obsession with 'true crime' and whether it hurts or helps communities.25.01.2025 18:27 Trump is sworn in as a fragile Gaza ceasefire holds, while Israeli violence peaks in the West Bank.25.01.2025 19:18 Lawmakers from Japan's ruling parties may attend a convention of signatories to a U.N. nuclear weapons ban treaty in New York this March, but no government representatives will attend, government sources said Saturday.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to skip the event to be held ahead of the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki this year.
Read full story here25.01.2025 19:22 The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.
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Read full story here25.01.2025 20:27 War fervour has subsided in Ukraine, but not the desire to live and the drive to carry on against all odds.25.01.2025 21:04 Hamas freed four female Israeli soldiers on Saturday in exchange for 200 Palestinian prisoners, the second swap under the Gaza truce.25.01.2025 21:16 The identities of the prisoners were not disclosed.25.01.2025 21:53 Video from near Gaza’s Netzarim Corridor showed crowds ducking and running for cover amid Israeli gunfire.25.01.2025 22:04 Jannick Sinner targets a second successive Australian Open title as he faces Alexander Zverev in Sunday's men's final.26.01.2025 0:01 Noem takes charge of a sprawling agency that deals with a host of crucial issues like immigration and customs.26.01.2025 0:05 US President Donald Trump ramps up diplomatic pressure to end the war.26.01.2025 0:25 Through a flurry of orders, the new president quickly began driving the country in a different direction on many contentious issues.26.01.2025 1:11 The Congolese army and peacekeepers are trying to stop an M23 advance on Goma, the capital of North Kivu province.26.01.2025 1:17 Israel and Hamas completed their second swap, exchanging 200 Palestinian prisoners for four female Israeli soldiers.26.01.2025 1:23 "CIA continues to assess that both research-related and natural origin scenarios of the COVID-19 pandemic remain plausible."26.01.2025 1:59 The South Dakota Governor is now in charge of a sprawling agency that is essential to national security.26.01.2025 2:59 House Speaker Mike Johnson invited President Donald Trump to deliver an address to Congress in March, a speech that would mark Trump's first joint address to Congress of his second term.26.01.2025 3:48 An executive order has halted refugee flights for Afghans who supported the American mission in Afghanistan and had been approved to resettle in the U.S.26.01.2025 5:05 With famous parents, Roman Kemp always knew people would make certain judgments about him – but he never guessed he’d become an advocate for mental health. Here, he talks about radio, tattoos – and the event that changed his lifeI ... ... 26.01.2025 6:55 A 46-year-old male suspect in a random stabbing attack in Nagano, central Japan, that left a man dead and two others injured, was arrested Sunday, police said.
Yusuke Yaguchi was apprehended at his home 3 kilometers east of the crime scene in front of JR Nagano Station on suspicion of the attempted murder of a woman who sustained a minor injury in the attack on Wednesday night, the police said.
Read full story here26.01.2025 7:40 Fishermen and researchers in Japan have joined hands to collect and analyze data of the changing marine environment around the country, such as warmer sea temperatures, in the hope to contribute to an industry that is struggling with dwindling hauls of popular fish like saury.
The project, involving the Nippon Foundation, Japan's national federation of fisheries cooperative associations and the University of Tokyo's ocean research institute, will start in April, with fishers planning to send data on water temperatures, salinity and their catches to the university for study.
Read full story here26.01.2025 7:44 A 95-year-old atomic bomb survivor who lost five family members in the 1945 Nagasaki blast is making her anti-war presence felt on social media, where she has gained a significant following.
Fumiko Morita was 16 years old when the U.S. military dropped the atomic bomb on Aug. 9, 1945. She boasts 85,000 followers on her X account where she is known as "I am 95" and occasionally reserves harsh words even for the Japanese government while calling on world leaders to heed the stories of A-bomb survivors, who have limited time left to convey messages in their own words.
Read full story here26.01.2025 9:05 President Alexander Lukashenko is running for a seventh term of office on Sunday, against four other candidates, all supporting his regime. The opposition in exile is calling on the international community not to recognize the election results.26.01.2025 9:54 North Korea said Sunday it test-fired strategic cruise missiles the previous day, with leader Kim Jong Un overseeing Pyongyang's first missile test since the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump.
The examination of the sea-to-surface cruise guided weapons was aimed to "raise the effectiveness of strategic control against potential enemies in conformity with the changing regional safety circumstances," the official Korean Central News Agency said.
Read full story here26.01.2025 10:03 Japan will provide Indonesia with an additional 83.4 billion yen ($530 million) in low-interest loans for an ongoing project to build a new international seaport east of Jakarta.
The loans are for the development of Patimban Port in Subang Regency in Indonesia's West Java Province and it is hoped the port, set to be completed in 2028, will boost the fast-growing Southeast Asian country's exporting capacity amid surging demand for shipments, Japan's Foreign Ministry said.
Read full story here26.01.2025 10:36 President Trump said he had spoken to Jordan’s leader and planned to call Egypt’s on Sunday. Most of Gaza’s two million residents have been displaced in 15 months of fighting. Страницы: 10971098109911001101110211031104110511061107110811091110111111121113111411151116111711181119112011211122112311241125112611271128112911301131113211331134113511361137
Miho Takagi won her 34th speed skating World Cup individual gold medal Friday, tying Hiroyasu Shimizu and Nao Kodaira for the most by a Japanese in distances contested at Winter Olympics.
The 30-year-old won the women's 1,000 meters at Calgary's Olympic Oval in the season's third meet, as the Beijing Olympics 1,000 gold medalist clocked 1 minute, 13.10 seconds.
Read full story here
No. 14 maegashira Kinbozan moved a win away from his maiden Emperor's Cup on Saturday by overcoming title rival Kirishima and maintain the sole lead heading into the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament's final day.
Yokozuna promotion-chasing ozeki Hoshoryu and No. 3 maegashira Oho each improved to 11-3 to stay a win back as the penultimate round of the 15-day meet generated plenty of heat on the raised ring at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan arena.
Read full story here
Lawmakers from Japan's ruling parties may attend a convention of signatories to a U.N. nuclear weapons ban treaty in New York this March, but no government representatives will attend, government sources said Saturday.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to skip the event to be held ahead of the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki this year.
Read full story here
The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.
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Read full story here
Through a flurry of orders, the new president quickly began driving the country in a different direction on many contentious issues.
The South Dakota Governor is now in charge of a sprawling agency that is essential to national security.
House Speaker Mike Johnson invited President Donald Trump to deliver an address to Congress in March, a speech that would mark Trump's first joint address to Congress of his second term.
An executive order has halted refugee flights for Afghans who supported the American mission in Afghanistan and had been approved to resettle in the U.S.
With famous parents, Roman Kemp always knew people would make certain judgments about him – but he never guessed he’d become an advocate for mental health. Here, he talks about radio, tattoos – and the event that changed his lifeI ... ... 
A 46-year-old male suspect in a random stabbing attack in Nagano, central Japan, that left a man dead and two others injured, was arrested Sunday, police said.
Yusuke Yaguchi was apprehended at his home 3 kilometers east of the crime scene in front of JR Nagano Station on suspicion of the attempted murder of a woman who sustained a minor injury in the attack on Wednesday night, the police said.
Read full story here
Fishermen and researchers in Japan have joined hands to collect and analyze data of the changing marine environment around the country, such as warmer sea temperatures, in the hope to contribute to an industry that is struggling with dwindling hauls of popular fish like saury.
The project, involving the Nippon Foundation, Japan's national federation of fisheries cooperative associations and the University of Tokyo's ocean research institute, will start in April, with fishers planning to send data on water temperatures, salinity and their catches to the university for study.
Read full story here
A 95-year-old atomic bomb survivor who lost five family members in the 1945 Nagasaki blast is making her anti-war presence felt on social media, where she has gained a significant following.
Fumiko Morita was 16 years old when the U.S. military dropped the atomic bomb on Aug. 9, 1945. She boasts 85,000 followers on her X account where she is known as "I am 95" and occasionally reserves harsh words even for the Japanese government while calling on world leaders to heed the stories of A-bomb survivors, who have limited time left to convey messages in their own words.
Read full story here
President Alexander Lukashenko is running for a seventh term of office on Sunday, against four other candidates, all supporting his regime. The opposition in exile is calling on the international community not to recognize the election results.
North Korea said Sunday it test-fired strategic cruise missiles the previous day, with leader Kim Jong Un overseeing Pyongyang's first missile test since the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump.
The examination of the sea-to-surface cruise guided weapons was aimed to "raise the effectiveness of strategic control against potential enemies in conformity with the changing regional safety circumstances," the official Korean Central News Agency said.
Read full story here
Japan will provide Indonesia with an additional 83.4 billion yen ($530 million) in low-interest loans for an ongoing project to build a new international seaport east of Jakarta.
The loans are for the development of Patimban Port in Subang Regency in Indonesia's West Java Province and it is hoped the port, set to be completed in 2028, will boost the fast-growing Southeast Asian country's exporting capacity amid surging demand for shipments, Japan's Foreign Ministry said.
Read full story here
President Trump said he had spoken to Jordan’s leader and planned to call Egypt’s on Sunday. Most of Gaza’s two million residents have been displaced in 15 months of fighting.